Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-11
O'BRIEN'S RECEPTION.
HIS WELCoMERS MEET HIM AT SEAM
A DAMP FOG.

An Interchange of Compliments Between
the CeIt and Briton-The Feeling in
Canada-Fighting Coercion in Parlia-
ment-Parneii Preparing for the Future
While He Can Do Nothing Else.
New York, May 1.-THE reception COM
mittee appointed by Irish citizens of this city,
Boston and Philadelphia to receive Editor
O'Brien, of United Ireland, was out all Mon
day night The Umbria was detained out
side the harbor by foggy weather, and
steamer was obtained Monday by the commit
tee and went in search of the ship, and at
last, in the wee sma' hours came up with
the object of their search This they accom-
plished about forty miles from New York, in
dense fog, and never, perhaps, has there
been Il more weird and extraordinary scene
than that which took place when the commit
tees steamer got alongside the immense
Cunarier Umbria. There was a rousing
cheer, which was answered from the big
steamer, but when second cheer was given
for "William O'Brien and Ireland" they
were not all cheers that responded. Some
were cheers and some of the cheers were for
Lord Lansdowne Then out upon that heav-
ing sea, in the midst of the fog and damp
English and Irish antagonists found abundant
vent. God Save the Queenw and God Save
lreandl' hacked and hewed each other, and
jeer and jibe and taunt passed across the in
tervening tide.
The process of transfer was tedious and diff
ficut Bishop Ireland elected to remain on
board, but Mr. O'Brien and the other pas
| sengers came down ladder The Irish patrot
was warmly welcomed and there was re
| newal OF the taunts cheers and counter-cheeTs
as the vessels grew faint to each other in the
fog.
Mr.. O'Brien's passage had not been an I'M
| mixed pleasure He had been subjected to
| various annoyances by his fellow passengers.
| Bishop Ireland on one occasion rebuked them,
saying that he could call up 500 passengers
| from the Storage who would drown them out
This one of the passengers affected to regard
as a threat.
After some preliminary amenities Mr..
| O'Brien was presented with an address of wei
come, in answer to which he thanked his vel
corners again and again for their unexpected
| and hoSpitable welcome. He regretted most
heartily the severity of the weather by
| which their hospitality had been tested Then
he spoke of the Irish spirit, which it was i'm
possible to come in contact with without feel
ing that lreland's cause was immortal and I'M
| comparable While he would not then make
| anything of a speech, he would say that he
| was engaged upon what was to some extent,
perhaps. dangerous mission. Lord Lans-
downe had been chosen by the landlords as
| the pioneer and champion of that body in the
| work of determination. They had not been
able to stem the torrent of eviction, but they
had been able TO protect the tenants who had
had the pluck to adopt the plan of campaign
and stand by it.
Five hundred poor tenants had been evictel
| in three months of this year in Ireland, hut
not one who had adopted the plan of cam
paign. because the tenants were fed aud main
| tanned ont of the landlords rents rs long as
penny remained. The consequence was that
they had made evictions expensive
To reporter Tuesday Mr. 0'Brien said he
| had no fears of trouble in Canada, as he was
gong there simple traveller on a peaceful
| errand, hut declined to stop this side of the
line He said that if he gets back from Can
| ada safely of which he has no doubt, he will
spend week speaking in New York, Phils-
delphIa and Boston. He left for Montreal
Tuesday ,4N,4nipg